{"id":131345,"date":"2019-11-15T11:19:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T17:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/?p=131345"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:28:52","slug":"giving-tuesday-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/network-with-other-families\/giving-tuesday-events","title":{"rendered":"Giving Tuesday Events!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">GiGi\u2019s Playhouse is a one-of-a-kind achievement center for individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community. GiGi\u2019s Playhouse offer<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1:1, group and career development programs that advance literacy, math skills, motor skills and more; all of which are FREE of charge.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All programs are based on best practices for learning styles specific to Down syndrome and customized to ensure individual success. GiGi\u2019s Playhouse serves infants through adults. GiGi\u2019s Playhouse is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, IL with 46 locations throughout the United States and Mexico and more opening soon!<a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/volunteers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131346 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/volunteers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/volunteers-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/volunteers.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are so grateful to the many generous people who support GiGi\u2019s Playhouse through volunteering, donations and peer-to-peer and event fundraising. We would like to give everyone the chance to see their time, efforts, and dollars in action. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On Tuesday, December 3, in conj<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">unction with Giving Tuesday, the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">N<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ational\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Playhouse in Hoffman Estates<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0will be hosting an open house event that will show a sampling of many of the programs we run on a weekly and monthly basis.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/hugs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131347 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/hugs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/hugs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/hugs.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Everyone is invited to stop in anytime between 10 am-7 pm to see so many of our participants in action. In addition to the schedule below, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hugs + Mugs<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0our coffee shop and design studio<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0will be offering special deals on this day only.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For those that visit during the Giving Tuesday Open House and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">deliver a donation in person\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">will receive a free small gift.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:150,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>The schedule for Tuesday, December 3 will be as follows:<\/h4>\n<h4>10:00 am: LMNOP <a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/lmnop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131348 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/lmnop-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/lmnop-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2019\/11\/lmnop.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>10 am-12 pm: GiGi U and GiGi Prep<\/h4>\n<h4>10 am-12 pm: GiGi Professional<\/h4>\n<h4>12-1 pm: GiGiFIT Adult<\/h4>\n<h4>1-7 pm: Speech, Math &amp; Literacy Tutoring<\/h4>\n<h4>5:30-6:30 pm: Destination Discovery (all ages)<\/h4>\n<p><strong>If you are interested in donating to GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse in honor of Giving Tuesday or would like to create a fundraising page in honor of someone you love with Down syndrome please visit the<em> Believe in GiGi&#8217;s Campaign page!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We can&#8217;t wait to see you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GiGi\u2019s Playhouse is a one-of-a-kind achievement center for individuals with Down syndrome, their families, and the community. GiGi\u2019s Playhouse offers\u00a01:1, group and career development programs that advance literacy, math skills, motor skills and more; all of which are FREE of charge.\u202f\u00a0 All programs are based on best practices for learning styles specific to Down syndrome&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kids-of-all-ages","category-network-with-other-families"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}